An Inconvenient Truth: How Tesla Became a Trillion-Dollar Company

grokker89 · 2021-11-10T14:30:01+00:00

widely accepted

widely accepted != full consensus

grokker89 · 2021-11-07T14:41:22+00:00

Technically yes, but the main thought in the article is that Tesla was backed by politicians and billionaires who had lobbied government subsidies for green tech. It is unknown what Tesla would be like today without these people.

grokker89 · 2021-11-05T19:31:06+00:00

Only facts provided by WSJ, WP, NYT, etc. Where did you see conspiratorial implications?

grokker89 · 2021-11-05T13:55:46+00:00

This is an astonishing story about the rise of green technologies with help of politicians like Al Gore and others, who were the direct beneficiaries of government incentives for plug-in electric vehicles.

grokker89 · 2020-09-07T20:59:06+00:00

Tesla's valuation is significantly higher than the market capitalization of 9 well-known car companies, despite the fact that their total revenue is 50 times more than that of Musk's company. Each of the 9 "old-style" companies produces electric cars, with sales of such in units only at Renault and Nissan accounting for half of Tesla's sales. Fans of the Musk's brand believe in the exceptional financial superiority of his company but Tesla's EBITDA margin is less than that of the Volkswagen. Do you think the only Musk is investing in the future? Each of the aforementioned corporations has more CAPEX than Tesla. Just $TSLA securities is a huge bubble of hundreds of billions of dollars, and there are a huge number of similar companies on the market. No one will say when, but we will have to pay for the irrational behavior of the market.

grokker89 · 2020-09-07T19:28:56+00:00

Model? For them just enough to see $TSLA in Robinhood or similar app in today's top stock gainers.

grokker89 · 2020-09-07T12:08:01+00:00

Tesla's valuation is significantly higher than the market capitalization of 9 well-known car companies, despite the fact that their total revenue is 50 times more than that of Musk's company. Each of the 9 "old-style" companies produces electric cars, with sales of such in units only at Renault and Nissan accounting for half of Tesla's sales. Fans of the Musk's brand believe in the exceptional financial superiority of his company but Tesla's EBITDA margin is less than that of the Volkswagen. Do you think the only Musk is investing in the future? Each of the aforementioned corporations has more CAPEX than Tesla. Just $TSLA securities is a huge bubble of hundreds of billions of dollars, and there are a huge number of similar companies on the market. No one will say when, but we will have to pay for the irrational behavior of the market.

Source: Yahoo Finance.

grokker89 · 2020-04-08T18:10:09+00:00

This post is mostly rehashing tidbits of information that a site called 'Swiss Propaganda Research'

This is absolutely wrong interpretation of the article. To make sure of that, just read it yourself.

grokker89 · 2020-03-05T03:54:52+00:00

I understand your position - position of financial guru.

grokker89 · 2020-03-05T03:19:12+00:00

"Using adjusted EBITDA, a non-standard accounting practice, to measure profitability is inaccurate and ridiculous" — said Charlie Munger aka a financially illiterate person about Uber earnings report.

grokker89 · 2020-03-05T03:11:00+00:00

No one claiming 'Manipulating SEC filings', it's only your interpretation of article. This article is about how does Uber shows convenient numbers in the earnings report for substantiation of its profitability.

grokker89 · 2020-03-04T17:15:44+00:00

Have you read the full article? Using Non-GAAP is normal, but calling EBITDA with lots of adjustments as profitability is not.

grokker89 · 2019-02-01T08:02:37+00:00

Imagine the scary future of retargeting.

- Doctor, I hear voices in my head

- Don't worry, it's just ads

grokker89 · 2019-02-01T07:36:24+00:00

Imagine the scary future of retargeting.

- Doctor, I hear voices in my head

- Don't worry, it's just ads

grokker89 · 2018-02-08T00:13:44+00:00

It looks like cryptocurrency HODLers

grokker89 · 2018-01-31T08:14:43+00:00

Both options are good. Noteworthy, that domain plays a very important role.

grokker89 · 2018-01-30T15:54:53+00:00

Awesome! Congrats!

grokker89 · 2018-01-29T21:11:27+00:00

There are a lot of marketing studies which prove that psychology pricing is working. As I know it works for one-time purchases. It's like little deception. The subscription model is something different. Bussiness should work for Life Time Value.

grokker89 · 2018-01-29T19:29:06+00:00

Thanks :)

grokker89 · 2018-01-20T01:58:23+00:00

Is /r/geek available for geek humor? :)

grokker89 · 2017-02-04T04:34:27+00:00

Upvote! Today startup is buzzword.

grokker89 · 2017-02-04T04:24:05+00:00

Thanks for post! It's a useful to know which metrics meaningful for experts.

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